Riverdale South
Encyclopedia
Riverdale South is an electoral district
which elects a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly
of the Yukon Territory in Canada
. It, along with Riverdale North
, make up the subdivision of Whitehorse
called Riverdale
.
|Independent
|Bea Firth
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|Liberal
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|Yukon Party
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|NDP
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!align="left" colspan=3|Total
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| Liberal
| Sue Edelman
| align="right"|476
| align="right"|57.7
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| Yukon Party
| Barbara Toombs
| align="right"|349
| align="right"|42.3
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! align=right|825
! align=right|100.0
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| Liberal
| Sue Edelman
| align="right"|422
| align="right"|48.9
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| NDP
| Heather Finton
| align="right"|237
| align="right"|27.4
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| Yukon Party
| Ginny Macdonald
| align="right"|205
| align="right"|23.7
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! align=left colspan=3|Total
! align=right|864
! align=right|100.0
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| Yukon Party
| Glenn Hart
| align="right"|385
| align="right"|39.7
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| Liberal
| Sue Edelman
| align="right"|332
| align="right"|34.2
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| NDP
| Cary Gryba
| align="right"|253
| align="right"|26.1
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! align=left colspan=3|Total
! align=right|970
! align=right|100.0
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| Yukon Party
| Glenn Hart
| align="right"|357
| align="right"|41.66
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| Liberal
| Phil Treusch
| align="right"|324
| align="right"|37.81
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| NDP
| Peter Lesniak
| align="right"|176
| align="right"|20.54
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! align=right|857
! align=right|100.0
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| NDP
| Jan Stick
| align="right"| 380
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| Yukon Party
| Glenn Hart
| align="right"| 314
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| Liberal
| Dan Curtis
| align="right"| 275
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! align=left colspan=3|Total
! align=right| 969
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Electoral district
An electoral district is a distinct territorial subdivision for holding a separate election for one or more seats in a legislative body...
which elects a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) to the Legislative Assembly
Yukon Legislative Assembly
-History:From 1900 to 1978, the elected legislative body in the Yukon was the Yukon Territorial Council, a ten-member body which did not act as the primary government, but was a non-partisan advisory body to the Commissioner of the Yukon...
of the Yukon Territory in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It, along with Riverdale North
Riverdale North
Riverdale North is an electoral district which elects a Member of the Legislative Assembly to the Legislative Assembly of the Yukon Territory in Canada...
, make up the subdivision of Whitehorse
Whitehorse, Yukon
Whitehorse is Yukon's capital and largest city . It was incorporated in 1950 and is located at kilometre 1476 on the Alaska Highway in southern Yukon. Whitehorse's downtown and Riverdale areas occupy both shores of the Yukon River, which originates in British Columbia and meets the Bering Sea in...
called Riverdale
Riverdale, Yukon
Riverdale is a neighbourhood within the city of Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. The community is separated from Whitehorse City Centre by the Yukon River, and is linked to Whitehorse via Lewes Boulevard, a major thoroughfare in the community....
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MLAs
Parliament | Years | Member | Party | |
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1978 Yukon general election, 1978 The 1978 Yukon general election, held on November 20, 1978, was the first conventional legislative election in the history of Canada's Yukon Territory. Prior elections were held to elect representatives to the Yukon Legislative Council, a non-partisan body that acted in an advisory role to the... |
1978–1982 | Iain McKay | Yukon Liberal Party The Yukon Liberal Party is a political party in the Yukon Territory in Canada.Arthur Mitchell is the Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.-History:... |
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1982 Yukon general election, 1982 The 1982 Yukon general election was held on June 7, 1982 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the territory of Yukon, Canada. It was won by the Progressive Conservatives.-Results:-Results by riding:... |
1982–1985 | Bea Firth Bea Firth Beatrice Ann Firth was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1996. She was a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.... |
Yukon Progressive Conservative Party The Yukon Progressive Conservative Party was a conservative political party in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It is now known as the Yukon Party.-History:... |
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1985 Yukon general election, 1985 The 1985 Yukon general election was held on May 13, 1985 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the territory of Yukon, Canada. It was won by the New Democratic Party.-Results:-Results by riding:... |
1985–1989 | |||
1989 Yukon general election, 1989 The 1989 Yukon general election was held on 20 February 1989 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the territory of Yukon, Canada. It was won by the New Democratic Party.-Results:-Results by riding:... |
1989–1992 | |||
1991–1992 | Independent Alliance The Independent Alliance Party was a break-away Canadian political party formed in June 1991. The two original members were Bea Firth and Alan Nordling, both former members of the Yukon Party . Both members were elected in the 1992 election, but the alliance quickly crumbled as Nordling rejoined... |
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1992 Yukon general election, 1992 The 1992 Yukon general election was held on October 19, 1992 to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of the territory of Yukon, Canada. It was won by the Yukon Party.-Results by party:-Yukon Votes 1992:... |
1992–1996 | |||
1996 Yukon general election, 1996 The 1996 Yukon general election was held on September 30, 1996 to elect the seventeen members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly in Yukon Territory, Canada. The governing Yukon Party, a conservative party, was defeated by the social democratic Yukon New Democratic Party . The NDP formed the... |
1996–2000 | Sue Edelman Sue Edelman Sue Edelman is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2002. She was a member of the Yukon Liberal Party. She served as Women's Issues Minister, Health Minister and Social Services Minister.She resigned her post... |
Yukon Liberal Party The Yukon Liberal Party is a political party in the Yukon Territory in Canada.Arthur Mitchell is the Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.-History:... |
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2000 Yukon general election, 2000 The Yukon general election of 2000 was held on April 17, 2000 to elect members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the Yukon Territory in Canada... |
2000–2002 | |||
2002 | 2002–2006 | Glenn Hart Glenn Hart Glenn Hart is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2011. He is a member of the Yukon Party.-Notes:... |
Yukon Party The Yukon Party , is a conservative political party in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It was previously known as the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.-Declining fortunes:... |
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2006 Yukon general election, 2006 The 36th Yukon general election was held on October 10, 2006, in Yukon, Canada, to elect members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. The Premier of Yukon asked the territorial Commissioner for a dissolution of the Assembly on September 8, 2006... |
2006–2011 | |||
2006 Yukon general election, 2006 The 36th Yukon general election was held on October 10, 2006, in Yukon, Canada, to elect members of the Yukon Legislative Assembly. The Premier of Yukon asked the territorial Commissioner for a dissolution of the Assembly on September 8, 2006... |
2011–present | Jan Stick Jan Stick Jan Stick is a Canadian politician, who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election. She represents the electoral district of Riverdale South as a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party caucus.-References:... |
Yukon New Democratic Party The Yukon New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Yukon territory of Canada.The Yukon NDP first formed the government of the territory under the leadership of Tony Penikett from 1985 to 1992, and under the leadership of Piers McDonald from 1996 to 2000. The party's... |
1992 general election
|-|Independent
Independent Alliance
The Independent Alliance Party was a break-away Canadian political party formed in June 1991. The two original members were Bea Firth and Alan Nordling, both former members of the Yukon Party . Both members were elected in the 1992 election, but the alliance quickly crumbled as Nordling rejoined...
|Bea Firth
Bea Firth
Beatrice Ann Firth was a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 1996. She was a member of the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party....
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|Liberal
Yukon Liberal Party
The Yukon Liberal Party is a political party in the Yukon Territory in Canada.Arthur Mitchell is the Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.-History:...
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|Yukon Party
Yukon Party
The Yukon Party , is a conservative political party in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It was previously known as the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.-Declining fortunes:...
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|NDP
Yukon New Democratic Party
The Yukon New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Yukon territory of Canada.The Yukon NDP first formed the government of the territory under the leadership of Tony Penikett from 1985 to 1992, and under the leadership of Piers McDonald from 1996 to 2000. The party's...
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1996 general election
|-| Liberal
Yukon Liberal Party
The Yukon Liberal Party is a political party in the Yukon Territory in Canada.Arthur Mitchell is the Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.-History:...
| Sue Edelman
Sue Edelman
Sue Edelman is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2002. She was a member of the Yukon Liberal Party. She served as Women's Issues Minister, Health Minister and Social Services Minister.She resigned her post...
| align="right"|476
| align="right"|57.7
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| Yukon Party
Yukon Party
The Yukon Party , is a conservative political party in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It was previously known as the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.-Declining fortunes:...
| Barbara Toombs
| align="right"|349
| align="right"|42.3
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! align=left colspan=3|Total
! align=right|825
! align=right|100.0
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2000 general election
|-| Liberal
Yukon Liberal Party
The Yukon Liberal Party is a political party in the Yukon Territory in Canada.Arthur Mitchell is the Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.-History:...
| Sue Edelman
Sue Edelman
Sue Edelman is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2002. She was a member of the Yukon Liberal Party. She served as Women's Issues Minister, Health Minister and Social Services Minister.She resigned her post...
| align="right"|422
| align="right"|48.9
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| NDP
Yukon New Democratic Party
The Yukon New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Yukon territory of Canada.The Yukon NDP first formed the government of the territory under the leadership of Tony Penikett from 1985 to 1992, and under the leadership of Piers McDonald from 1996 to 2000. The party's...
| Heather Finton
| align="right"|237
| align="right"|27.4
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| Yukon Party
Yukon Party
The Yukon Party , is a conservative political party in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It was previously known as the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.-Declining fortunes:...
| Ginny Macdonald
| align="right"|205
| align="right"|23.7
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! align=left colspan=3|Total
! align=right|864
! align=right|100.0
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2002 general election
|-| Yukon Party
Yukon Party
The Yukon Party , is a conservative political party in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It was previously known as the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.-Declining fortunes:...
| Glenn Hart
Glenn Hart
Glenn Hart is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2011. He is a member of the Yukon Party.-Notes:...
| align="right"|385
| align="right"|39.7
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| Liberal
Yukon Liberal Party
The Yukon Liberal Party is a political party in the Yukon Territory in Canada.Arthur Mitchell is the Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.-History:...
| Sue Edelman
Sue Edelman
Sue Edelman is a Canadian politician. She represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2002. She was a member of the Yukon Liberal Party. She served as Women's Issues Minister, Health Minister and Social Services Minister.She resigned her post...
| align="right"|332
| align="right"|34.2
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| NDP
Yukon New Democratic Party
The Yukon New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Yukon territory of Canada.The Yukon NDP first formed the government of the territory under the leadership of Tony Penikett from 1985 to 1992, and under the leadership of Piers McDonald from 1996 to 2000. The party's...
| Cary Gryba
| align="right"|253
| align="right"|26.1
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! align=left colspan=3|Total
! align=right|970
! align=right|100.0
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2006 general election
|-| Yukon Party
Yukon Party
The Yukon Party , is a conservative political party in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It was previously known as the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.-Declining fortunes:...
| Glenn Hart
Glenn Hart
Glenn Hart is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2011. He is a member of the Yukon Party.-Notes:...
| align="right"|357
| align="right"|41.66
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| Liberal
Yukon Liberal Party
The Yukon Liberal Party is a political party in the Yukon Territory in Canada.Arthur Mitchell is the Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.-History:...
| Phil Treusch
| align="right"|324
| align="right"|37.81
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| NDP
Yukon New Democratic Party
The Yukon New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Yukon territory of Canada.The Yukon NDP first formed the government of the territory under the leadership of Tony Penikett from 1985 to 1992, and under the leadership of Piers McDonald from 1996 to 2000. The party's...
| Peter Lesniak
| align="right"|176
| align="right"|20.54
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! align=left colspan=3|Total
! align=right|857
! align=right|100.0
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2011 general election
|-| NDP
Yukon New Democratic Party
The Yukon New Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in the Yukon territory of Canada.The Yukon NDP first formed the government of the territory under the leadership of Tony Penikett from 1985 to 1992, and under the leadership of Piers McDonald from 1996 to 2000. The party's...
| Jan Stick
Jan Stick
Jan Stick is a Canadian politician, who was elected to in the Yukon Legislative Assembly in the 2011 election. She represents the electoral district of Riverdale South as a member of the Yukon New Democratic Party caucus.-References:...
| align="right"| 380
| align="right"|
| align="right"|
| Yukon Party
Yukon Party
The Yukon Party , is a conservative political party in the Yukon Territory of Canada. It was previously known as the Yukon Progressive Conservative Party.-Declining fortunes:...
| Glenn Hart
Glenn Hart
Glenn Hart is a Canadian politician, who represented the electoral district of Riverdale South in the Yukon Legislative Assembly from 2002 to 2011. He is a member of the Yukon Party.-Notes:...
| align="right"| 314
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| Liberal
Yukon Liberal Party
The Yukon Liberal Party is a political party in the Yukon Territory in Canada.Arthur Mitchell is the Leader of the Yukon Liberal Party.-History:...
| Dan Curtis
| align="right"| 275
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! align=left colspan=3|Total
! align=right| 969
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